Appeals Court – Unpublished

The Appeals Court has affirmed, pursuant to Rule 1:28, judgments in the following cases. Although the decisions do not appear to address any substantive issues of law, the full text of each decision may be ordered using the appropriate “Lawyers ...

Where the defendant claims that (1) the prosecutor’s opening statement and closing argument contained errors, (2) his conviction of distribution of cocaine within 100 feet of a public park is invalid due to a 2012 amendment to the controlling statute ...

Where defendants who settled a dispute with the plaintiff moved for court permission to disclose, in a separate suit against an insurer, material that was subject to the agreement’s confidentiality provisions, an order denying that request must be affirmed given ...

The Appeals Court has affirmed, pursuant to Rule 1:28, judgments in the following cases. Although the decisions do not appear to address any substantive issues of law, the full text of each decision may be ordered using the appropriate “Lawyers ...

Where a defendant was awarded summary judgment on a plaintiff’s defamation complaint, the judgment must be affirmed despite the plaintiff’s claim that the defendant overstated the extent of the plaintiff’s theft. “Thomas Locke, a former US Airways mechanic, claims that ...

Where a Superior Court judge vacated two arbitration awards in favor of a city employee, the awards must be confirmed because the judge was not authorized to overturn the arbitrator’s finding that the union grievance on the employee’s behalf was ...

The Appeals Court has affirmed, pursuant to Rule 1:28, judgments in the following cases. Although the decisions do not appear to address any substantive issues of law, the full text of each decision may be ordered using the appropriate “Lawyers ...

Where (1) a defendant gang member and another individual were parked late at night in front of a house where a gang-related shooting had recently occurred and (2) both men moved nervously and gave police vague and conflicting answers as ...

Where fingerprint evidence proved that the defendant cut a screen and entered the house through a window, but the evidence did not place him near the front door where the larceny occurred, he could only be properly convicted of breaking ...

Where, in sentencing a defendant, a judge improperly considered the facts of a criminal complaint of which the defendant was acquitted, the case must be remanded for resentencing. “ … Indeed, it is improper for a prosecutor to make sentencing ...